The Lou Piniella disaster obscures the fact that the Pilots did make a few good trades. This is a fairly comprehensive list of the personnel moves made by the team from beginning to end.

When the Sorianos bought the minor-league Seattle Angels from the California in 1967, they acquired many players, some of whom were later called up by the Pilots. This list does not yet include those players.

Jack Aker - Drafted from Oakland A's in third round of expansion draft, October 15, 1968.

Dave Baldwin - Acquired in trade from Washington Senators in exchange for George Brunet, December 4, 1969.